tech-net: Re: Multiple IP addresses for a single host in "/etc/hosts"

Subject: Re: Multiple IP addresses for a single host in "/etc/hosts"
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/03/1999 23:48:40

There is a case I hope you can tell me that you covered:


209.157.85.45   atomic.clock.org  atomic  atomic-le0    # SPARC Classic
209.157.85.46   digital.clock.org digital digital-le0 nfs0 # SPARC LX
209.157.85.47   broadcast.clock.org  broadcast
#
209.157.85.48   nfs-net.mercy.st.clock.org
209.157.85.49   digital.clock.org digital-le1 nfs1      # SPARC LX
209.157.85.50   atomic.clock.org atomic-nfs atomic-le1  # SPARC Classic

so, I ask for "digital-le1", what do I get in the hosts address field? If
the answer is not "209.157.85.49" *followed* by "209.157.85.46", then
you've just screwed everyone with a multi-homed host.

	Erik <fair@clock.org>